An adorable chihuahua stole the show at Crufts this weekend as she performed a rendition of Swan Lake to adoring fans.
The tiny dog, Joya, performed the classic Tchaikovsky ballet with her owner Karin Bauman at the NEC in Birmingham, with footage of the routine taking the internet by storm.
Joya pranced around the arena jumping over black and white plastic swans – while Karin also dressed as a swan in a white leotard and tutu.
The tiny dog, Joya, performed the classic Tchaikovsky ballet with her owner Karin Bauman at the NEC in Birmingham, with footage of the routine taking the internet by storm.
n scenes that have since gone viral, the little dog jumps over its owner and prances around, even incredibly crawling onto Karina’s back for a photo finish.
The audience was in awe as the music stirred and the dancing pair bopped between swan props before a dramatic finish where Joya stood on her hind legs and bopped her owner’s feet.
Since being shared on Twitter, fans have gone wild for little Joya, with one saying: ‘Seeing this has made my day.’
Another added: ‘Please tell me why I’m watching Crufts and have just cried at a chihuahua doing a ballet dance.’
Someone wrote:
One wrote: ‘ Oh my goodness. This little Chihuahua, Joya, is everything I needed today.
A third added: ‘I cannot believe none of you told me a Chihuahua was doing Swan Lake at Crufts.’
Another joked: ‘He’s so little you can barely see him.’
While one put: ‘Now THAT has made our Monday.’
‘I’m looking at this little guy doing swan lake, and it is beautiful,’ joked another Twitter user.
While one viewer wrote: ‘He is the only kind of breaking news I’m interested in in the hellscape that is 2022’.
‘This is the best thing I’ve seen all week,’ added another.
‘It’s wonderful to see other people living my dream,’ said one.
Unfortunately, Joya went home without any medals despite being a fan favorite.
The title of best in the show instead went to Baxter. The flat-coated retriever wasn’t content to receive the winner’s rosette – he wanted to eat it too.
The dog’s win left owner Patrick Oware from Oslo, Norway, in tears.
Mr. Oware told Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre: ‘It’s amazing. I’m proud of him.’
